In a move desrcribes as a "landmark shift", Waltham Forest council has agreed to form an alliance with other local authorities to push for greater devolved powers from central Government. Cabinet on ...

The plans under the Cities Devolution Bill will help to implement the vision of a so-called northern powerhouse that Mr Osborne has previously outlined as a way to rebalance the UK economy. Manchester ...

Discussions are being revived for a mayoral combined authority in East Anglia, more than three years after initial proposals were shelved. LGC can exclusively reveal that early devolution talks have ...

Labour’s long-awaited devolution plans have been published in the English Devolution White Paper Power and partnership: Foundations for growth: proposals that seek to ‘put England’s regions centre ...

A council leader says she does not want residents' views to be drowned out by "mega councils" created by local government reorganisation. Tandridge District Council leader Catherine Sayer shared her ...

LGC can reveal the most comprehensive picture so far produced of how English councils plan to work together in an attempt to win devolved powers. LGC can reveal the most comprehensive picture so far ...

LAST July HM Treasury announced with a suitable flourish that Britain's coastal communities were to benefit from a "multi-million pound boost". Half the revenue from the Crown Estate's marine ...

Devolution will be “default in our constitution” rather than “at the whim of a minister in Whitehall”, Angela Rayner said as she launched plans to overhaul local government. Under the reforms ...

Labour MP Perran Moon said such a move would severely damage trust between Cornwall and Westminster for generations (House of Commons/UK Parliament) A Labour MP has voiced strong opposition to his ...

YORKSHIRE’S business leaders must hold their nerve and form a coalition of the willing to ensure the region secures a devolution settlement that will improve economic growth, a major business event ...

Kent has missed out being part of the government fast-tracked devolution programme. The sweeping change to local government, the biggest in half a century, would have seen the abolition of all 14 ...